Horse for glass cylinders.



-R. W. BRIDGE.

HORSE FOR GLASS CYLINDERS.

WITNESSES PLIOATION FILED APR. 23, 1906.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

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HORSE FOR GLASS CYLINDERS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1906. 1,006,995, Patented Oct. 24, 1911.'

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' i i i HORSE FOB GLASS CYLINDERS.

1,09 ,995, Specification of Letters mm.

' Application filed April'23, 1906. Serial No. 313,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. BRIDGE, of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Horse for Glass Cylinders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which+- Figure 1 .is a plan view showing one form of horse constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is an end view; and Fig. 4 is an end view of a modified form.

My invention relates to the horses arranged for supporting long glass cylinders durmg their severing into lengths.

The object of the invention is to provide means for automatically adjusting the supportin .members of the horse so that they will al bear upon the glass in substantially the same manner or with the same pressure. A substantially uniform support is thus provilllled for the roller throughout its engt The invention is also intended to provide supports for each severed length of the cylinder after the cutting or cracking-ofi' operation; also to avoid relative movement of the end of one length across the end of the next length, which would tend to crack and injure the glass.

' In the drawings, referring to the form of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 2 represents a series of separated bases having at their centers vertical gas pipe standards 3. Intermediate of the height of the standards 3 are crosses 4 into, which are connected the intermediate lengths 5 of a longitudinal brace. The n per ends of the pipes 3 are provided with T s 6 which connect the upper longitudinal tubular member 7. Threaded upon the upper tubular member .7 are a ser1es of collars 8, which may slide along the member and may. turn about it. To each pair' of these collars are Egovided two spacing collars 9 which may blocks 11, on which the secured in adjusted osition by suitable set screws. To each collar 8 is secured the outwardly projecting support 10 having a curved or semi-circu ar outer portion which may be provided with wooden or asbestos cylinder actually rests. These supporting locks may be made'of any desirable material. The supporting arms of each of collars 8 pref erably extend in opposite directions as shown 1n Fig. 1. Loosely mounted on the lower tubular member 5 are a series of collars 12 held in place by adjustable collars 13, which are held by set screws. Each collar 12 is provided with an upwardly and outwardly inclined tubular member 14 within the upper end of which slides the supporting rod 15. A spring 16 surrounds the rod 15 and bears upon a plate or collar 17 on the tube 14, and the upper end of the rod is suitably shaped to engage theintermediate part of the corresponding arm or support 10.

In the use of the device, the arms are properly spaced, together with theirsupportin spri braces, according to the length of the cylin er and the lengths to be cut off, and of course it is essential that the supports be held in correct alinement. Thus, in Fig. 1, the arms are shown as'arranged in pairs with short and long gaps alternating. The cylinder will short-gap portion, thusproviding two separate supporting arms for each length. When the two rollers are laid upon the supporting arms 10, the springs on the several supporting braces will be depressed, the rods sliding down within their tubular guides. The glass will thus be evenly and uniformly supported throughout its length by the. independent yielding of each support. The glass may then be cracked ofl. 1n any desirable manner, and after severing the sections will be held without substantial crosswise movement relative to each other, owin to the uni-.

form supporting. The tension 0 the springs may be varied by adjusting the collars-.17 at their lower ends lengthwise of the tubular support 14.

In Fig. 4 I show a modified form. In

. this case the bases 2 are provided with a pair of vertical supports 3, each of pi e form and each containing a vertically sli ing rod 15. A'spring 1.6? surrounds the sliding support 15 and bears at its lower end upon a nut or collar 17, its upper end bearing I against the upper forked portions 18 of the support. These forked portions may be covered with asbestos, rubber tubes, or any other desirable material. The pairs of supports'3 may be securedto the floor in line with each other at any desirable distances apart, and then secured .in place, and are preferably rovided with guides 19 secured to the crossraces 20, these guides moving over a continuous rod 21, to which they may be se-' series of supports automatically adjustthemselves to the glass cylinder and give uniform bearing, as above described. This uniform support will be rovided el'en thou'h the cylinder may di er in size and weig t in its different portions. I- have shown the apparatus as arranged for supporting two cylinders side byside, butit may be arranged for a series.

The arrangement of the supports may be varied as well as the yielding means, and many other variations may be madewithout departing from my invention.;.

I claim 1. Apparatus for use in severing glass cylinders into sections comprising a supporting frame having curved arms mounted thereon in pairs adapted to receive the several sections of a cylinder when out, said arms having independent yielding supports,

substantially as described.

2. Apparatus for use in cutting glass cylinders mto sections comprising a supporting iiooapao adapted to embrace the cylinder, arranged in pairs to support the separate sections in-' dependently, and inde endent yielding supports for each pair of t e arms, substantially v supporting arms plvoted on the frame in pairs adapted to thelength of cylinder..sec-

' t-ions, and mechanism for automatically ad.-

justing the height of the several pairs of arms independently of each other, according to the weight of the sections of the cylinder thereon, substantially as described.

4. A horse for supporting glass cylinders for cuttin into sections, comprising aframe,

a series 0 arms adapted to embrace the cylinder independently mounted on said frame and arranged in pairs, means for independently, adjusting the height of the arms, including adjustable resilient backing for the arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have my hand.

RICHARD W. BRIDGE.

hereunto set- Witnesses:

Gno. B. BLEMING, GEO. H. PARMELEE.

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